Ferris State Softball Runs Rules Findlay, 10-1

Makenzi Peterson collected three hits and three RBI's in game one win at Findlay. (Photo by Ed Hyde)

Apr 10, 2010

The Ferris State University softball team pounded out a
season-high 13 base hits as the Bulldogs run ruled Findlay,
10-1, in five innings Saturday (April 10) in the opening game
of a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC)
doubleheader at UF's Anderson Field in Findlay, Ohio.

The win improves Ferris State's record to 12-10 overall and 3-3
in conference play this season.

Offensively, sophomore third baseman Makenzi Peterson
(Big Rapids) and senior designated player Rhea Flores
(Dearborn Heights/Southgate Anderson) led the way with three
hits apiece. The duo also finished the game with three RBI
each. Sophomore first baseman Chelsea Morris
(Jenison) chipped in with a pair of hits for the Bulldogs, who left
11 runners on base in the contest.

The Bulldogs wasted no time getting on the board with two runs
apiece in the first two innings off UF starting pitcher Lauren
Orban. A Findlay error resulted in the game's first run and
Rhea
Flores knocked in the second with a RBI single.
Ferris would score two more times in the second frame as freshman
outfielder Morgan
Kramerich's (Crest Hill, Ill./Lockport) RBI sacrifice
bunt put the visitors up 3-0. Makenzi Peterson
would follow with a run-scoring double into the left centerfield
gap as the Bulldogs upped their lead to four runs.

Ferris State would put a three spot on the board in both the top
of the fourth and fifth innings to take a commanding 10-0
lead. Makenzi Peterson
smacked a two-run homer over the left field fence to
highlight a three-run fourth as the Bulldogs totaled four hits
and were aided by two Oilers' errors in the frame. Junior
outfielder Colleen Roney
(Wheaton, Ill./Glen Ellyn Glenbard South) accounted for FSU's third
run in the fourth with a single to right field, which scored
freshman pinch runner Delaney Eubank
(Frankfort).

FSU continued its offensive assault in the fifth inning with
three more runs on as many hits. The key blow was delivered
by Rhea
Flores, who doubled in a pair of runs. The final
score for Ferris came on a RBI single off the bat of junior catcher
Rachel
Mueller (Santa Clarita, Calif./Valencia). The
host Oilers were able to avoid being shutout in the bottom
half of the fifth frame with their lone run coming on three hits
off relief pitcher Rhea Flores.

Freshman Dana Bowler
(Lockport, Ill.) started for Ferris State and notched the
win by giving up just one hit in four innings pitched to
go with six strikeouts. Bowler, who evened her season mark to
4-4, held the Oilers hitless until the bottom of the fourth when
Katie Ammons lead off with a two-base hit.

Eight batters in the Ferris lineup registered at least a base
hit while five totaled a run batted in or more as the 10 Bulldogs
runs represented a single-season best.